Cable / Telecom News

Court dismisses Bell’s mobile TV stay application

OTTAWA – Saying he can’t see how Bell Mobility will suffer irreparable harm due to CRTC Broadcasting and Telecom Decision 2015-26 (which ordered Bell and Quebecor’s Vidéotron to cease providing mobile video applications that are exempt from counting toward the cap on their wireless data plans) Federal Court of Appeal judge Denis Pelletier dismissed Bell’s request for an immediate stay of the Commission decision.(This decision to dismiss the stay request does not, however, affect Bell’s overall appeal of the CRTC decision, and a decision on whether to hear it is still pending from the court.)“Bell does not identify the mechanism by...